DESCRIPTION OF THE MEDAL.

OCCASION.--Battles of Chippewa, Niagara and Erie.

DEVICE.--Bust of General Ripley.

LEGEND.--Brigadier-General Eleazer W. Ripley.

REVERSE.--Victory holding up a tablet among the branches of a palm

tree, inscribed with “NIAGARA, CHIPPEWA, ERIE.” In her right hand,

which gracefully hangs by her side, are a trumpet and laurel wreath.

LEGEND.--Resolution of Congress, Nov. 3, 1814.

EXERGUE.--Battles of Chippewa, July 5th, 1814; Niagara, July 28th,

1814; Erie, Sept. 17th, 1814.

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